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<p>This is good to know for future use-- plug in your dorm address, Union Station, and trip planner will give you ways of going. Be aware, though, that trip planner doesn’t consider how savory or unsavory a certain stop may be at a certain time of day (trip planner likes to suggest transfers on the 3 King Drive bus and the 8 Halsted bus, which I wouldn’t pick up immediately west of campus). The good thing is, though, that there are always alternatives. </p>
<p>If you get on the 6 bus and get off at Adams, you can either walk to Union Station or take a westbound bus on Adams if you have a lot of luggage. I haven’t done Megabus myself, and I guess it depends on where exactly you’re going, but my friends who have done the Chicago/Cleveland route don’t say the best things about it.</p>